​ ​ The idea of musical auteur in jazz is nothing new yet for Californian DJ producer Flying Lotus, real name Steven Ellison, this...

​ ​ An iconic figure in the bass world Anthony Jackson’s reputation as an A-list sideman is founded on four decades of exceptional bass...

​ ​ As influential as a composer as he is imperious as a bass player Avishai Cohen has been setting the international jazz scene alight...

​ ​ To those of you out there that have been glued to the late night radio sessions from the awesome Gilles Peterson will doubtless...

​ ​ The Hardline According To... Terry Callier It's the kind of thing that you never think will happen. You just hope and pray that if...

Nitin Sawhney has done more soul searching than most 'overnight sensations' reaching his current plateau through years of perseverance....

Bela Fleck has won 9 Grammy Awards, released 10 solo albums and 7 with his band The Flecktones, yet I doubt most of you reading will have...

​ ​ Alison Goldfrapp has a spiky reputation that precedes her - a halo of cool knowingness that translated to some rather nervous body...

​ ​ In the decade after Jaco Pastorius's death, the bass guitar has spawned many virtuosic players that have followed his technical high...

John Scofield is taller than you think and far from being a stern jazz icon he never seems to stop smiling and is disarmingly cool. A...